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Commercial awareness (03/10/08)
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Watch cartoons for one hour and keep a record of the commercials and information contained in them.
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Lucas B -- Commercial Awareness Summary
Article posted March 11, 2008 at 05:54 PM GMT0 •
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Over the weekend, we were told to watch an hour of TV so we could evaluate the commercials on how they appeal to children. For my assignment, I focused mainly on food-based commercials. After watching, I concluded that most food companies try to target children ages 4-10 by using exciting sounds, vibrant colors, and action.
For a chart proving my information, click the following link:
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/LukeB
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Article posted March 11, 2008 at 05:54 PM GMT0 •
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Corban C -- Commercial Consumer Awerness
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:09 PM GMT0 •
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Many companies use effects, sounds, or wording to sell their products. As observed, dynamic words, catchy music, or even exciting voices to make their product interesting. With the right wording or attention-catching affects, even the most unnecessary products seem desirable. Commercials on cartoon channels are mainly geared toward kids because advertisers know that they will be able to convince a younger audience more quickly than an older one. This is why words like “amazing”, “cool”, and “fun” are used to grab young audiences. With these affects and dynamic announcers and music, parents are purchasing the foods that they would not normally allow their kids to have. This mostly happens because kids are being convinced by the commercials, so they convince their parents to purchase those products that are made to look “amazing” and “cool”.
Here is a link to my wiki page:
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/CorbanC
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:09 PM GMT0 •
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Samuel C -- Commercial-palooza
Article posted March 11, 2008 at 02:15 AM GMT0 •
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Commercials, commercials everywhere, and I don't know what to do! Have you ever actually really noticed how in common a lot of commercials are? Sure they all advertise some different product in each one, but deep down they are all the same. Flashing colors, friendly faces, animated characters, and young kids, all something that will draw in younger kids who will then want it like it's going out of style. They all have subliminal messages trying to tell you something that will get you to buy it. From "all the best athletes eat it" to "all the coolest kids have one" these messages are everywhere. It's truly amazing how so many different commercials are truly alike. So next time your watching your Saturday morning cartoons or channel surfing down Entertainment Beach, just take a look at what's inside those pesky commercials that will reel you in hook, line and sinker.
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Article posted March 11, 2008 at 02:15 AM GMT0 •
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Zak D -- Consumer Commercial Awareness
Article posted March 18, 2008 at 02:50 AM GMT0 •
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Commercial Consumer Awareness Summary
Many companies and businesses use consumer-related commercials to get them to buy their products. They have kids having fun, enjoying the product showing the consumer how much fun you can have with their product. This applies to all things, not just food. Whether it be cool music, a catchy jingle, a fun narrator, or a giant mouse in an arcade, companies will do whatever it takes to sell their product.
Here's a link to my wiki page... https://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/ZakD
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Article posted March 18, 2008 at 02:50 AM GMT0 •
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Danica F -- Cartoon Commercial Analyzing Chart
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:04 PM GMT0 •
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Danica Ference
I recorded the Top 5 Cartoons on this past Saturday and analyzed several of the commercials that showed. Throughout this hour of television, there were about 12 commercials, but several were repeated. Four of mine were food and two were toys; also, the target audience was basically the same except the Gerber Baby Commercial which targeted parents. The hook was generally about kids having fun or kid related fun. The message was also basically the same in which they said their product was the best over all the similar ones, and used that message as the reason for people to buy their product. The sounds were also the same because they were very energetic, happy tunes which people would most likely remember. The visual appeal was also very similar throughout all six of my commercials because they all had very colorful backgrounds that are appealing to the viewer. Lastly, the descriptive words were all positive remarks toward their product such as best, great, and tasty. In conclusion, most product commercials are extremely similar by the ways they use different elements to attract a certain age group (little children in this case).
Here is the link to my individual wiki page where you will find my chart for this information.
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/DanicaF
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:04 PM GMT0 •
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Maddison K -- Cartoon Summary
Article posted March 17, 2008 at 07:04 PM GMT0 •
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I watched commercials on Saturday morning for one hour. I found out that there are more commercials on in the morning than there are during the afternoon and at night. I noticed that there are a lot of music and special effects in the commercials to catch the children’s attention.
Advertisers use words like “best”, “hilarious”, and “fun” to convince the children to pay attention and to get the children to try to buy the product. The commercials are mostly short, but long enough to catch the viewer’s attention. Advertisers try to catch younger kid’s attention so the kids can convince their parents to buy the product. They do this because the kids will nag if they want something bad enough.
Here is the link to my wiki page..
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/MaddieK
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Article posted March 17, 2008 at 07:04 PM GMT0 •
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Danielle K -- Commercial Consumer Awareness
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:01 PM GMT0 •
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To sell a product, the advertisers convince the watcher that their product is either delicious fun to play with, or just all around great, depending on the product they are selling. The announcers’ voice is normally friendly, in order to capture the attention of the watcher and the announcer keeps the attention of the watcher by using descriptive words. The words used make the audience want to buy the product. The people in the commercial are portrayed as having a good time and enjoying the product. Advertisers know that everyone wants to enjoy life and have a good time. Commercials usually direct selling their product to a certain target audience, whether it be young children, or adults. This way, young children will convince their parents to buy them what they see on TV and adults just go out and buy the product themselves.
Here is a link to my wiki page where the chart of my commercial research resides.
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/DanielleK
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:01 PM GMT0 •
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Brodi L -- Commercial Summary
Article posted March 17, 2008 at 06:42 PM GMT0 •
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After watching an hour of cartoons and only focusing on the commercials i have come to several conclusions. The first is that almost every commercial has a catch phrase or several words that catch the viewers attention. The next is that the music always helps to support the action or visual that is happening in the commercial. Including the catch phrase there are also some grabber words like "wow" or "amazing". Overall every single commercial wants you to do, buy, or want the thing that they are selling.
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Article posted March 17, 2008 at 06:42 PM GMT0 •
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Shayna L -- What You Miss When You record then fast forward
Article posted March 11, 2008 at 01:50 AM GMT0 •
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During this activity, we had to watch commercials on during cartoons. While watching some of the commercials I noticed that most of the commercials are for little kids. After all of the commercials were over, I noticed a few things. I have noticed that in most of the commercials they use bright colors or loud sounds to get the kids' attention. They also use a lot of sayings and phrases to make the product seem very interesting and fun towards the little kids. They will say anything to make the person buy the product.
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Article posted March 11, 2008 at 01:50 AM GMT0 •
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Megan M -- Commericals
Article posted March 12, 2008 at 07:07 PM GMT0 •
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I watched commercials from the cartoons Fairy Odd Parents and Sponge Bob Square pants. I watched from 9 in the morning until ten in the morning. I found out that advertisers put a lot of commercials on when little kids watch television to try and persuade them. I noticed that there were a lot more commercials on in the morning compared to commercials on during the afternoon.
I learned from this experiment that a lot of persuasive commercials come on during the morning to try and influence kids. There are a lot of cereals saying that it is the best or toys saying that they are better than any other product out there. In the commercials I noticed a lot of rockn roll music or music that is fast paced. The commercials all influence mostly the same age areas. The commercials are also very short. These commercials are designed to get your attention and to try and get kids to nag there parents to buy the product because the kids believe it is the best toy or cereal there is.
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Article posted March 12, 2008 at 07:07 PM GMT0 •
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Kaylyn M -- Suprise Summary
Article posted March 14, 2008 at 05:16 PM GMT0 •
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When I summarized the information about the commercials between the cartoons, I found out that the advertisers are targeting the youth. I believe they are because the youth upholds a stronger power in society. The advertisers even contradict themselves by saying: get out, exercise. Meanwhile, they plague the young minds by putting food with very little nutritional value into their minds. They use various methods just so it sticks like crazy glue too. Anything to bright lights to descriptive words, sets the youths minds a reeling. I will admit, some do still try to put images of milk building strong bones into their heads, but will it work? I don’t really know, but we need to do something about this great bug before it’s too late. Did you know that there are over 50 % people in the US who are overweight? That’s not a very promising future to having healthy bodies.
This is the link to my data: http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/KaylynM
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Article posted March 14, 2008 at 05:16 PM GMT0 •
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Jenna M -- Bathroom time? I THINK NOT!
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:09 PM GMT0 •
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Did you ever wonder what happens when you're at the bathroom between shows? I have learned that advertisers hook innocent kids and parents into buying their products through flashy lights, eye catching backgrounds, loud music, and subliminal messages. The announcers that are kids and adults tell consumers the benefits and good things about their products but leave out the warnings, dangers, and the bad things that are associated with their products. In conclusion, I have learned that the producer is more concerned with selling the product than the consumers advantage with having the product.
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:09 PM GMT0 •
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Kaitlyn N -- What commercials have to say!
Article posted March 11, 2008 at 12:42 AM GMT0 •
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After watching SpongeBob for an hour, I counted up all of my commercials that were in between shows and came up with a grand total of fifteen. Products such as Subway, Fruity Pebbles, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and many others were being advertised. Most advertisements were targeted towards kids because most of the people watching cartoons are kids. The majority of commercials were for food. Twelve of my commercials were for food and the other three were for toys.
I had many food commercials, however, I found that they had little nutritional value if any at all. Most of the food commercials were advertising that fast food was healthy. Other food commercials were advertising snacks that also had little to no nutritional value. The only commercials that had anything nutritional was the McDonald’s one when they had the choice of apples included in meals.
My thoughts on commercials are that they are able to grab people’s attention in this case kids by using bright colors, cool/funny sayings or jingles, and people of the targeted age group and things that are liked by the age group. This helps them sell their product because the people watching are able to relate to the commercial and are more likely to pay attention and purchase the item.
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Article posted March 11, 2008 at 12:42 AM GMT0 •
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Marilyn O -- Commercials Ahoy
Article posted March 12, 2008 at 06:10 PM GMT0 •
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I have learned some new information from actually watching commercials. When I was watching the commercials I learned that even though they aren't personally there they are getting you to buy their items or products. They do this by hooking you into the commercial with a snazy line. They also use music that is related to their subject and the appropriate age of child or adult. They do this so the viewer aka you will feel like they are talking to you or related to you in some way. Some commercials can be good but a lot of them just want to sell there stuff so they make money. These are the new things I learned about commercials.
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Article posted March 12, 2008 at 06:10 PM GMT0 •
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Danielle P -- Commercial Chart
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 06:48 PM GMT0 •
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Commercial Chart and Summary:
Chart:
Product
Target Audience
Hook
Message
Sounds
Visual Appeal
Descriptive words
Littlest Pet Shop
Kids 5-9, mainly girls
A girl with a purse and toys about 8 years old
Take your favorite pet with you wherever you go
Kids singing, in the background girls laughing
Girls playing and having a good time.
New, how big is your littlest pet shop now?
Toy Cars
Kids 6-10, mainly boys
Boys racing cars around a track.
Crash in on a big win.
Friendly kid announcer, loud music, sound affects
Boys goofing off and having fun
Let the mini adventure begin.
Honey Nut Cheerios
All ages, but more towards the kids
Bees saving the honey from an evil bug
We saved the honey for our delicious cheerios
Adventure music, happy bee voices
Bright colors, friendly cartoon bees
From a hive that’s nuts about honey
Hubba Bubba Max
All ages, but more towards kids
Lizards chewing gum and talking
A whole new kind of bubble
Desert noises, friendly lizards
Desert area with lizards and a hawk, bursting lights
Delicious, tasty, new, watermelon, strawberry
Summary:
After watching TV on Saturday morning (actually in the afternoon thanks to the wonderful invention of DVR), I made the above chart of many of the commercials viewed throughout a children's television show. The commercials i watched were during the television series Hercules. While watching these commercials i only found three that had anything to do with food products while the rest were about material objects mainly toys. This had proved the theory that society is not concerned about things that matter, only the things that are fun to play with or things that make our world easier and less complicated.
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/DanielleP
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 06:48 PM GMT0 •
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Tyler P -- Commercial Consumer Awareness
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:02 PM GMT0 •
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The general trend of all of the commercials was to manipulate children into getting their parents to buy them the products. Most commercials promise the kids happiness and tell them that without the company’s product, they are not cool. All of the commercials contained good looking well dressed people, exactly the type of people that everyone dreams of being. The purpose of the commercials is to convince people that with this product, they can become anyone of anything they want to be. The real catch is, people can be whatever they want WITHOUT these products.
The general trend of the food commercials was to convince kids that the restaurant is fun and they try to convince the parents that the food is healthy and beneficial for their children. On one particular McDonald’s commercial Ronald McDonald is shown shaking apples out of a tree to give to children, which in return sends a wave of joy through the kids. It then immediately cut to a scene of happy kids eating Happy Meals, which had absolutely nothing to do with apples and or all around health. The point is that they want to convince consumers that their food is healthy and will have no negative effects on their body and will never result in any health related consequences.
Here is a link to my wiki page so that you can see my research for this post... http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/TylerP
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:02 PM GMT0 •
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Devan P -- Commercials and Food
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:06 PM GMT0 •
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Did you ever care watching the commercials while watching cartoons like SpongeBob SquarePants? Well if you did, you notice that most of these deals with food like foods from restaurants or foods from products. This past Saturday, I watched them and I noticed that most came from breakfast products and a few came from restaurants. The ones that dealt with breakfast included pastries, cereal, juice, and milk and the ones that dealt with restaurants were McDonald's and Subway,since eating breakfast is healthy for you and restaurants these days featured meals that are healthy for you that includes some type of fruit and a drink like probably water and milk. Simply put, these commercials were featured to teach these kids about what foods that are healthy for them and what restaurants carries healthy foods.
Here is a link to my page.
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/DevanP
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:06 PM GMT0 •
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Taylor P -- Commercial analyzing summary
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 06:58 PM GMT0 •
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During this activity that we had to watch an hour of Saturday morning cartoons and record all the commercials. Our main target was to focus on the commercials that had to deal with food products. During my hour I had recorded seven commercials. Six out of the seven I did were on food products and the other was a store. We were asked to record some information about each of the commercials that we watched. During this activity I got to see how products were sold and the motto that was used to sell them. I also learned after I did some further research that some advertisements were false. Then I learned what some products contained. So in conclusion during my analysis I have observed that if a commercial is something for little girls the main colors will be bright colors such as pink and purple. I also noticed that in certain aspects such as for toys or certain items they were more for the age group that the product was prepared for. Also I analyzed that if commercials want you to buy something they will say anything to make it sound better. That’s what I analyzed during this activity.
Check out my commercial chart:
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/TaylorP
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 06:58 PM GMT0 •
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Milea S -- Analyzing Commercials
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:01 PM GMT0 •
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We received an assignment that pertained to the commercials that occur during Saturday morning cartoons. The main focus was to be on food products. We were to watch one hour of cartoons for children and record the commercials and some short facts about each one that occurred. After completing this assignment, I came to a few conclusions about what I had seen.
Many of the commercials were played repeatedly, and this is shown on the chart that I created. This was just one certain observation that I noted. Also, it became clear that certain aspects of the commercial, such as the background scenes, music, and words used were directed entirely at the age group for which the product was prepared. The people who created the commercial obviously have one main goal: to sell their product massively. Therefore, they will stretch their information to make their product sound much better than it may be.
In conclusion, the information collected from a cartoon commercial probably is not as accurate as it seems. This sounds quite unfair, considering that the people viewing these commercials are mere children, unaware of the misconceptions they are receiving. After watching and analyzing these children’s commercials, it is obvious to the viewer the real reason behind the bright colors, cool sounds, and interesting scripts.
Visit my wikipage to see the chart I created:
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/Commercial+Chart
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:01 PM GMT0 •
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Kevin S -- Fairy Oddparents > Jimmy Neutron
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 11:24 PM GMT0 •
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Chart:http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/KevinS
I watched during my time of this assighment, one episode of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and one episode of Fairly Oddparents. During these shows I happned to record 7 different commercials. Most of the were trying to sell a certain toy product, and its amazing how they can twist he overal picture into making you think that kids can get anything you want, and how they make the product so much more better then it really is. I stumbled across a few cereal commericals, and all of them had the same concept, there would be some kind of fun puzzle or game on the cereal box that would make you want to go buy that type of cereal to get that special "prize inside" or to be able to play the game as seen on the commercials. I hope you enjoyed my Blog.
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 11:24 PM GMT0 •
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Sue S -- Catchy and Convincing Commercials
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 10:52 PM GMT0 •
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After watching so many commercials, in some ways, I've learned they are all the same. They all have nice looking kids or people. They also have about the same persuasion technique: catchy colors, letters, phrases, and/or songs. They have friendly announcers that also in some instances are enthusiastic or dramatic just enough to get you hooked and to get you to listen. Also, a lot of the time, commercials make their product seem better than others and too good to be true (The truth is, most of them are!). If I was a young/grade school child, not knowing any better, I would fall for the commercials and think I would have to have whatever the product may be. They all use color, and appeal to the audience they are looking to sell to. A lot of the ones I've seen offer prizes saying, "If you buy this product, you could be lucky enough to see (insert name here)!" or "You could win a trip for you and your friends to (insert place here)!" It's too bad that people waste their money for something that they may have been tricked about, but the advertisers are only looking to help themselves. I've also noticed that they say all the negative things about a toy or product at the very end fast enough so hardly anyone can catch it. I've seen some of the most convincing commercials, but like I said, they are in some way all the same.
My chart on my wiki page:
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/SueS
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 10:52 PM GMT0 •
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Tyler W -- Commercial findings
Article posted March 12, 2008 at 07:10 PM GMT0 •
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In my studies on the commercials i found that visual appeal, sounds, and descriptive words have a lot to do with selling the product. All the commercials i watched had bright colors, stylish clothes, good looking kids, and happy music. I also noticed that if its something for girls they usually have girl announcers and bright colors like pink. If the commercial is intended for boys it has dark colors like brown and black. What hooks the audience is very important too, if you can't get someone interested they won't watch the commercial.
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Article posted March 12, 2008 at 07:10 PM GMT0 •
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Austin W -- Commercial Comsumer Awareness
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 06:56 PM GMT0 •
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Conclusion: In conclusion I have found that most of the commercials found on cartoon network are mainly related to breakfast foods or foods that can be made easily. They also target basically the same audience which 5-17 years of age. The product makers use cartoons and catchy phrases to lure the watchers to buy their product. They say "part of a nutritious breakfast," and they show their product along with a complete breakfast. Example: eggs, toast, cereal, orange juice, and milk. So if this product would be taken out of the breakfast would it be a complete breakfast?
Here is a link to my page.
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/AustinW
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 06:56 PM GMT0 •
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Ia W -- Commercial Lab
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 •
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When doing this commercial lab, I noticed a couple of different things. One main thing I notice is that there are a different number of commercials and it made me think. Why are there so many? I began to realize now why they do this. These commercials are the way big bussinesses get to us and the reason we buy the pointless junk we do. Now give and take not all is pointless but we all have that purchase that we make and think "What in the heck was I thinking?" Big corperations like this don't care about anything but selling their products. In this lab i reviewed commercials of the following products: Kool Aid, Yogos, Fruit By The Foot, and a game for the Nintendo Wii Gaming System. For all the commercials viewed go to this link to my wiki page.
http://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/IanW
While viewing the commericals I noticed a couple things. Catchy phrases help you to remember the product more along with distinct music. For example the "OH YEAH" is always the Kool Aid Kid's catch phrase, It may seem unimportant but when you go shopping and see Kool Aid it will stick out more which means you with have a greater chance of buying it. Along with the rememberable tune on the Nintendo Wii commercials. Also word use effects your buying mood. Would you rather buy the nice car or the BRAND NEW FULLY EQUIPED 4 WHEEL DRIVE car? Last, The appearance is the last major contributer to why commercials sell so good. Marketers try to sell to the most popular subjects. An example, In the advertistment for yogos it is a short cartoon of rockets and outer space. When children see this they believe that yogos are tied in with outer space and beg their parnets for them cause they are cool just like the all the rockets in the commercials. So ofcourse they buy them.
With all these problems we have today in our population, I believe that some blame can go to commercials. These big businesses care only about their wallets and not the country's health. This is why i believe these commercials are bad and is one down fall to our nation's overall health
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 •
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Scott W -- Buy Now and you can recieve ____ Absolutely FREE!!!
Article posted March 14, 2008 at 05:26 PM GMT0 •
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Today's media seems to be focus around enticing people of all ages to buy certain products. All commercial focus on one particular age group, trying to make the product seem more appealing by showing commercials that are pleasing and exciting to the viewer. Today, I will focus around how commercials try to hook younger children and teens. All children focus on what is considered "cool" and "popular". Therefore, commercials that are intended to entice children use these two ideas as the standing point of their message. The producer utilizes these tactics, saying that their product will make the consumer cool, popular, or have a lot of fun. They hook children through the use of music, friendly people, popular sports, and appealing visual effects. The subject in the commercial is depicted as having fun, making friends, or just being amazed by the product that they are endorsing. The proof behind commercials is that no matter how unsafe, unhealthy, or unappealing the product actually is, the commercials make the product seem like something the viewer would want. So be warned, if you buy something just because the commercials say it is good, you may be throughly disappointed.
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Article posted March 14, 2008 at 05:26 PM GMT0 •
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TB -- Car-car-cartoons!
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:53 PM GMT0 •
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I watched an hour of sponge bob for my commercial summary. I surprisingly noticed that there were not as many food commercials as I expected. As I came up with all my commercials I realized I had only found 2 food commercials. Neither of them provided nutritional facts besides saying "a healthy snack/breakfast." Also I came to the conclusion that most companies go about trying to get you to purchase something the exact same way. They all try to "trick" you into thinking that it is one of the coolest things out there or that it is decently healthy. They all also say the things they do not want you to hear real quickly like "batteries not included" or "tax not included." However, I did realize another thing, they all use pretty/young/model-looking people or things to make you think you might look like that too. Also they use happy and pumped up music to make you feel in that certain mood and it makes the product look better. All in all I think that some commercials could use a little work while others are actually working on some people. They are a good idea in some cases and in others they are unnecessary. To look at my commercials I found go to:
https://mrsmaineswiki.wikispaces.com/TawneeB
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Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:53 PM GMT0 •
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AD -- Who lives in a pineapple in the sea?
Article posted March 25, 2008 at 03:51 PM GMT0 •
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I watched an hour of Spongebob sunday evening. During that hour, there were three commercials advertising food. The three foods were Kid Cuisines, Honey Nut Cheerios and Subway. All three of these advertisements leaned more towards the attention of elementary kids adding different things into the commercials getting their attention. The Kid Cuisines could get kids' attention by the penguin and the other two kids. The Honey Nut Cheerios could get their attention by the three little honey bees. The Subway commercial could get their attention by the free gifts given for buying a kid's meal. During this, I found that people advertising these commercials leave out the nutritional facts and say how tasty they are- which is still good, but some foods have a lot lot fats and sugars; all that bad stuff. It's a good hook for kids making the food look really good but the parents of the kids aren't so fond of the unrevealed facts.
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Article posted March 25, 2008 at 03:51 PM GMT0 •
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CD -- I prefer Timmy Turner to Jimmy Neutron.
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:45 PM GMT0 •
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I did this assignment on Sunday during Nickelodeon's double Jimmy Timmy Power Hour marathon thing. I watched about an hour and a half of cartoons and the numerous ads they run. It's interesting watching these commercials now, not being a little kid, seeing how the advertisers try to pull the kid in to ask their parent for whatever they're selling. They all use really simplistic methods to get the job done too. All the doll commercials have some soft tune playing over girls cleaning a fake diaper in an all-pink room. Commercials for toys aimed at boys had a guitar playing and had fighting robots and things blowing up. Commercials for foods, which are aimed at both boys and girls, featured parents making themselves look dumb or kids having it their own way at a restaurant. I felt very fortunate that I didn't have to witness any Bratz doll commercials, which is by far the most evil marketing thing to ever happen.
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EF -- Commercial Consumer Awareness
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A summary of my information is that within the hour of watching Tom and Jerry, I found eight commercials to write about. They were for products such as Push Pops, GoGurt Fizzix, Fur Berries, Cabbage Patch Kids Ice cream Doll, Yo Yo Balls, Star Wars Light Sabers, Flippin' Frogs Game, and Spy Gear. Most of my commercials were for boys more than girls. I could tell this by what children were on the television screen acting in selling the products. Many of the commercials were for toys and games, rather than foods. I have six toys/games commercials and two food commercials.
My primary thoughts are that these commercials have may ways of getting you to either pay attention and watch it, or go out and buy the product they are selling. They first get you to watch the commercial by using loud sounds, fun songs or jingles, and cool words that "pop" out of the screen. Then they get you to watch the commercial for the whole time with people you can relate to, scenes that are pleasing to the eyes, and with ways to awaken your senses. Last, they get you to go out and check out the product by not listing the price of it.
I did not find any nutritional information about any of these products. Some other ways I am targeted by companies is by hearing upbeat jingles that get stuck in my head, an example is the Kleenex commercial song. I actually heard it and liked it so much I bought the song on iTunes. Another example is when you see actors on commercials selling products, such as the "Mac guy" whose name is Justin Long. People you can relate to can target you on commercials such as teens my age. Another way I am targeted is when I see the tempting looks of food on the TV. An example is any food commercial because I like all kinds of food and will eat anything.
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AH -- Commercial Review Summary
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During my hour of watching cartoons, I did not see one commercial that was targeting children to buy, want, or eat a certain type of food. There were many products though that were aimed towards younger kids to buy toys that you had to pay three payments of $19.99 for. While watching tv later in the day I saw many food products advertised for Burger King, Laffy Taffy, Corn Puffs, and other various foods. Maybe I watched tv during the wrong hour of the morning for foods to be advertised; however, around noon was when the actual foods started to be advertised. I watched my cartoons around 8 in the morning so I believe they were trying to target young kids into buying ridiculous toy items that would never work like they showed on the tv. The commercials I saw advertised for foods were not very truthful about being healthy at all. They made it seem like if you wanted a certain job, or to look a certain way, or to be like someone you had to eat that food. In the Burger King commercial they did not say how bad a whopper is for you, or how many calories are in french fries. To sum it up, food commercials avoid talking about how bad certain foods are for you because they know that once it is exposed they will lose business, for example at McDonalds has all of their nutritional facts on the BACK of their placemats, not a very noticeable place if you ask me.
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JH -- Academic Biology Commercial Awareness Stuff
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I witnessed these commercials while watching Camp Lazlo/Jimmy Neutron on Nickolodeon and Cartoon Network at 1:30 pm Sunday. However, I couldn't find any nutritional information for the two food products I watched commercials for. The most common ways companies target people are by making their commercials stick with people; they normally use catchy music and slogans and bright colors. My thoughts during this assignment included these commercials were not informative in the slightest, but more for the visual effect. The pictures of the product would flash by, showing people enjoying themselves while using it while a speaker in the background said what the product did. At the very end of the commercial the speaker would rapidly announce things like "batteries sold separately", or anything that would discourage the watcher from purchasing the item.
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PK -- Commercial Facts
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I watched commercials on channel 51. I watched from 8 in the morning until 9. I discovered out that people put most commercials on when children watch television to try and persuade them into getting things. I noticed that there were many more commercials on in the morning compared to commercials on during the afternoon.
From this experiance i learned that a lot of persuasive commercials come on during the morning to try and persuade children. There are a lot of toys saying that they are better than any other product out there, and when children har that, they believe it. In the commercials I noticed a lot of music or music and movie clips. Most commercials try and influence children and are usually very short. The commercials are made to get your attention and to try and get kids to persuade their parents to but the product because it is the "best."
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KM -- Are you aware of your Commercials?
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This assignment made me realize how much time and effort people put into selling their products. I took the time and broke down each aspect of the commercial - the sounds, hook, message and so on. I also realized that if you really look deep into something it has more then just an advertisement message. It is also explaining who you could be if you bought this product. Most commercials also tell you who you have to be to be cool.
I really liked this assignment because I not only got to watch cartoons for a whole hour - but I also got to see the simple things in life, and realize that everything on TV is meant to target people, it's not simply on there for entertainment.
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LM -- Commercials....what about those things....
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Ok. so I have come to realize that cartoon commercials tend to appeal to younger children than older adults. Companies use bright colors, cheerful music, a variety of words, and happy children using their product to persuade them that they "need" whatever they are selling. If I would see someone using something and they seemed to be really happy and enjoying that thing i know that I would want to have one too. Also with the music and word choice, kids tend to think that using words such as "bling", and "Cool", make the product THAT much better. What do you think...
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AM -- Commercial Examination
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For my hour of cartoons, I watched my favorite cartoon, Spongebob Squarepants. We were to watch TV and record the commercials and tell our thoughts. We were to tell some of the important points of the commercials. I personally liked the assinment because watching TV is one of the things I do best. All in all, it was a fun assignment.
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JN -- Comercial
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Commercials
I found that manipulation was quite popular in the commercials I critiqued. They did this in a number of forms. My absolute favorite was the poster-child technique; it really hurt me viewing some of the commercials as I looked back on my childhood. Presently, I think that manufacturers could care less how they mold a young mind, to buy a single product that was made from the backs of the underpaid. They’ll do anything to entice you, to grow an affinity for their product, such as popular music, flashing colors, or a sweet soprano voice.
I’m quite glad we had this assignment, because it really opened my mind to the true distortion that childhood profiteers use. Though I only criticized four commercials, the rest are all the same. Complex colors, complex music, complex voices, and complex models; all with a simple message- buy our product it’s the only way to freedom!
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LP -- There's a catch to every commercial
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The food commercials I watched were: Chef Boyardee, Pop Tarts, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, GoGurt, McDonalds, Gushers/Fruit roll ups, Fruit by the Foot, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Campbell’s Chicken and Star Soup.
I found that in all of these commercials are generally “cool kids” with stylish clothes and good physical appearances. Also all of the commercials had music, bright colors, and some occasional cartoons that will all appeal to younger children. What I found interesting is that the foods in high sugar such as Gogurt and the fruit snacks all advertised a prize to win if you bought it. Which makes me conclude that they want children to beg their parents for these foods? As I assume the parents will eventually cave in and buy the kids the sugary snack. This all completely opened up my eyes. As we are all complaining of our society being obese and overweight, we are advertising these sugary and unhealthy snacks to children and teaching them these unhealthy eating habits. These snacks are being advertised with prizes so that you will look past the sugar and fats and just be fixated on the prizes that can be won while consuming these food products. I think that in a way society is being tricked into buying these sugary snacks.
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CQ -- Commercial Lab
Article posted March 19, 2008 at 07:45 PM GMT0 •
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For my hour i watched Nickelodeon. During the hour most commercials are directed to School Age Kids. They are all kiddish. The movies i saw the commercials for all said that they were the best movie and you gotta watch it and that its a great movie to watch with your family. The chart above shows the some of the different commercials that were on.
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IS -- Commercial Consumer Awareness (Tom & Jerry)
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While watching Tom & Jerry on Saturday, March 8; I seen and reviewed many commercials. However, only a small amount of the commercials were advertising food products. These products were Push Pop Candy, and GoGurt Fizzix. The Push Pop Candy has 140 calories. One tube of GoGurt Fizzix has 80 calories. Many of the commercials were aired more than once within the hour.
Nutrition Facts
Topps Push Pop Candy
Serving Size: 1 piece / 32g
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Amount per Serving
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Calories 140
Calories from Fat 0
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% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g
0%
Saturated Fat 0g
0%
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 30mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate 30g
10%
Dietary Fiber 0g
0%
Sugars 24g
Protein 0g
0%
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Est. Percent of Calories from:
Fat 0.0% Carbs 85.7%
Protein 0.0%
GoGurt Frizzix
Serving Size: 1 tube
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Amount per Serving
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Calories 80
Calories from Fat 15
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% Daily Value *
Total Fat 2g
3%
Saturated Fat 1g
5%
Cholesterol 5mg
2%
Sodium 35mg
1%
Potassium 100mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate 13g
4%
Dietary Fiber 0g
0%
Sugars 11g
Protein 2g
4%
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Vitamin A
6%
Calcium
10%
Iron
6%
Riboflavin (B2)
4%
Est. Percent of Calories from:
Fat 22.5% Carbs 65.0%
Protein 10.0%
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MW -- Commercial analysis
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After watching television for one hour, I observed exactly what these commercials are saying. Most of the commercials are targeting children telling them that cool people use their product and if you are cool too, you will use them. Other Things I saw were famous people like baseball players talking about how great a certain product is. In all of the commercials I saw there were some common trends. In every commercial, the actors were all generally attractive people and they were all shown as having a good time. All in all this is my analysis of television commercials.
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MW -- Boo-ya!
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During this assignment, I learned that companies use a lot of color and sounds to grab audiences' attention. They also always seem to have their target audience included in the commercial so that they get kids to pay attention. Sometimes they use nutritional information just in case parents are watching to get them to buy the product for their child. Most of the time though, they are just trying to appeal to the kids watching it by giving them reasons for getting their product, like a grand prize or meeting a celebrity.
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DW -- Commercials
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While watching the cartoon comercials for my assignment I noticed a number of things. The commercials use sounds, color, and high quality graphics to grab peoples attention. Some other things they used were the chance to win a prize, sport players, and people having fun.
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NW -- publish this one!
Article posted March 10, 2008 at 07:53 PM GMT0 •
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The commercials that I chose were mainly based towards the elementery to middle school level of kid. Although some of these can be based towards adults, you will find that mine are mainly based towards children from 6-12 ish.
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